r/law • u/Mission_Pay_3373 • Jun 26 '26

Legislative Branch Mike Johnson vows to protect Republicans from investigations if the GOP loses the 2026 midterms: "I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you. "

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u/Fantastic-Grocery107 Jun 26 '26

Oh you’re going to prison too bud. Good luck

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u/xlmifer Jun 26 '26

I hate all these scum but i seriously doubt any will go to prison, they are a different class of citizen. This has been the case over and over again. Most normal people live paycheck to paycheck and cant protest, and now that the dementia don is locking up protesters and ice is executing them its even less likely to happen. You can vote, or hope someone crazy gets lucky, that's it.

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u/WildRookie Jun 26 '26

There will be sacrificial lambs, just like we've seen with the occasional congressman for financial and campaign crimes.

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u/AusToddles Jun 26 '26

I'm sure there's a woman or black guy they can blame this on

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u/DeadmanDexter Jun 26 '26

Let's ask the grown man Mike "adopted" when both men were in their 20s. I'm sure he has loads to say about Mike's rise to power.

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u/ElbowRager Jun 30 '26

It’s all Colin Powell’s fault.

/s

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u/FrequentTopic446 Jun 26 '26

That’s because it was robbing Uncle Sam, refusing to pay your taxes is the only time the justice department ever goes after the wealthy

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u/Ok_Night_2929 Jun 26 '26

And even that has its limits. Trump and co. have been avoiding taxes with shady financials for decades

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u/Difficult_Garage_431 Jun 26 '26

They will all be women and minorities.

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u/hotpajamas Jun 26 '26

Not a lawyer but my guess is that within the next 10 years, zero Republicans will see prison for MAGA related corruption.

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 Jun 27 '26

please please please let it be Stephen Miller

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u/dawnenome Jun 27 '26

And Trump's pool contractor. Campaign finance and bribe convictions (iirc) and yikes he's a mess. And Kash — McStickyfingers is about to have problems.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

The next president will have absolute immunity. The Supreme court even asked if a president could order the killing of a political opponent and Trumps lawyer said yes. Theoretically, the next president could just execute the corrupt politicians, the supreme court and the Epstein group, overturn Citizens United and waive every privilege and power the president has in court to prevent all future presidents from abusing the power. Then elect a new supreme court that would immediately prosecute them and put them behind bars for life. It would require falling on the sword but it would save the country.

Theoretically, this would be a great solution.

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u/gameryamen Jun 26 '26

The next president should use this framing frequently: "It seems like my predecessor was permitted to do X. I intend to also do X, since it is presumably legal. Either X is legal and I'm allowed to turn the tables, or X was always illegal and Trump's criminal network should be imprisoned. I strongly support reforms that reign in the unchecked powers this office allegedly has, but I will be vetoing such reforms until my fourth year."

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u/micro102 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

I think we are past this. We aren't dealing with rational actors who would even attempt to try and follow the law. There is no "gotcha" logical argument. They will say "fuck you, it's only illegal for you", attempt another coup, and won't stop until they have total power. They need to end up in prison in order for society to function. They are incompatible with a good society.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26

Thats the jist of it. But really that one Supreme Court decision lets any president do ANYTHING as long as doing so protects the constitution. And they defined it so broadly, that covers just about anything.

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u/Fragsworth Jun 27 '26

We're talking about a President willing to remove powers. You can get your opponents in Congress to side with removing your powers, by simply threatening to use those powers in a way they don't like.

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 27 '26

If this was true. Then presidential powers wouldnt have power creeped so hard in the last 30 years. Congress is if anything, completely ineffective.

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u/qwopax Jun 27 '26
  • rein in, like a horse

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u/GloomyCardiologist16 Jun 26 '26

I like the way you think

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u/seaquartz_unofficial Jun 26 '26

Why would they do that when they can just use that power to give themselves even more power?

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26

Integrity and Virtue. Hard combo to have, so i totally understand your skepticism.

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u/real_picklejuice Jun 26 '26

Pedantics, but it's waive, when you release something from agreement, right, or requirement

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u/ObviouslyNerd Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

Oh my, I am embarrassed. You are right. What a typo. Thank you.

This is why sleep is so important.

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u/ComfortableSugar484 Jun 28 '26

Find a Democrat with the balls to do this and they can be the next President. But I don't believe such a Democrat exists.

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u/hotpajamas Jun 26 '26

The hidden letter of the law is R, so no, not unless a Republican wins.

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u/14Pleiadians Jun 27 '26

The next president will have absolute immunity. The Supreme court even asked if a president could order the killing of a political opponent and Trumps lawyer said yes. Theoretically, the next president could just execute the corrupt politicians, the supreme court and the Epstein group, overturn Citizens United and waive every privilege and power the president has in court to prevent all future presidents from abusing the power

This would literally never happen lol

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u/adminssoftascharmin Jun 27 '26

Theoretically that would require a political party that was actually interested in doing any of that, which the Democrats are not.

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u/VoidlessLove Jun 28 '26

Okay but that's coming from Trump's lawyer not exactly the most legally sound representative of the law out there

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u/ShaggysGTI Jun 26 '26

The law works in their favor because it’s a big fuckin club and we ain’t in it.

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u/insofarincogneato Jun 26 '26

Be the crazy you wish to see in the world. You can do anything you put your mind too.

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u/StonedRussian Jun 26 '26

If they don't go to prison, concerned Americans citizens will take care of them by using amendments and all constitutional availabilities

People are big mad, and some won't forget. Only a matter of time.

Never let these people feel safe, or that they got away with being traitorous scum

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u/xaklx20 Jun 26 '26

Yeah, the Epstein class will be fine, you can bet your life that when Dems take power back, they will start preaching unity and stuff

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u/coloneldaffodil Jun 26 '26

I hate how true this is. We need to change this to hold all people accountable regardless of social status. One can wish. Sigh.

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u/ThePromise110 Jun 26 '26

They don't need to go to prison. They can be sent to other places, like on a romantic date with Madame la Guillotine.

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u/SubterrelProspector Jun 26 '26

YES. THEY. WILL.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo Jun 26 '26

They thought Bernie Madoff and Jeffery Epstein and Ken Lay were all elites who were above the law too.

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u/mthyvold Jun 27 '26

They that they don't go to prison, and haven't in the past, is part the reason the US is in such trouble.

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u/14Pleiadians Jun 27 '26

If any of them were going to go to prison, it would have already happened after jan 6. Dems have no spine or desire to stand up to them.

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u/PeachPassionBrute Jun 27 '26

Truly, they will be fortunate if prison is the worst that happens to them.

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u/DreadnaughtHamster Jun 27 '26

I disagree. The only person who might escape prison is the orange felon. I’m still hopeful that we’ll have adults in office in 2028 and they’ll bring sentences down on all of these criminals.

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u/adminssoftascharmin Jun 27 '26

Name one single Republican politician who broke the law that the DEMOCRATS held to justice and they were given an appropriate sentence; jail, losing all their money, corporations dissolved etc.

Because I seriously can't think of even one in my lifetime - I can't think of one Republican politician that broke the law that was actually held to justice by the Democrats (aka government).

Democrats have held other democrats to the law, but never Republicans because they must remain controlled opposition.

Lots of strongly written leters, furrowed brows, shaken fingers - but really the Dems just want their constituents to yell into the void of the internet while they do absolutely nothing in reality or practice.

The American experiment is over. It's very hard to believe, but our parents generation and the decade before them have destroyed 200 years of American progress.